[0:00] [music]
[0:17] won't give you more than you can.
[0:20] >> Okay. Call this village of Green Hills
[0:23] uh council meeting for August 18th.
[0:26] Order. [clears throat] Um clerk call the
[0:28] role.
[0:30] Halter
[0:31] >> here.
[0:32] >> Favor
[0:33] >> here.
[0:34] >> Borner
[0:34] >> here.
[0:35] >> Walter
[0:36] >> here.
[0:37] >> Moore
[0:38] >> here. And we have a prayer by Maria
[0:41] Walther.
[0:44] [clears throat]
[0:44] >> Oh God, we thank thee for the flag of
[0:46] our country and for all that our flag
[0:49] represents. We thank thee for giving the
[0:51] victory to the brave and the valiant men
[0:53] and women who gave their last measure of
[0:55] strength in order that we may wave over
[0:58] the land of the free and the home of the
[1:00] brave. We thank thee for giving us the
[1:03] ideals of faith and liberty, preserving
[1:05] the sanctity of our homes and freedom of
[1:07] worship. Conscious of our limitations
[1:10] and our deep worldliness, we pray that
[1:14] our flag may bind together and many
[1:17] elements of our own dear country. Grant
[1:20] that this country may remain forever
[1:21] free, union, flying the same flag, one
[1:25] nation under God, with liberty and
[1:27] justice for all. Amen.
[1:29] >> Amen.
[1:31] >> Join me for the pledge of allegiance.
[1:34] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[1:36] United States of America and to the
[1:39] republic for which it stands. One nation
[1:43] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:46] justice for all.
[1:49] >> Mr. Mayor, at this time I have uh a gift
[1:52] um for the uh veterans memorial path for
[1:56] $1,000. Uh do I give it to you or do I
[1:59] give it to Lisa
[2:01] >> to deposit?
[2:03] Are we collecting the money?
[2:05] >> And the me the memo random of that says
[2:08] that we start maybe opening the grounds
[2:11] and the cement for whenever we have the
[2:14] poles and the flags ready and going be
[2:16] near the end.
[2:18] Thank you.
[2:19] >> Okay.
[2:19] >> Thank you. Thank you.
[2:21] >> Thank you.
[2:22] >> Thanks.
[2:24] [clears throat]
[2:28] » All right.
[2:30] We have the minutes of the previous
[2:33] council meeting for July 721.
[2:37] If there are no corrections, minutes
[2:39] stand approved.
[2:42] We have public presentations. Fire Chief
[2:45] Tony Spaith, you have something.
[2:51] » Good evening everyone.
[2:54] >> Hi.
[2:55] >> Uh some notes. Uh these are u statistics
[2:59] from July. Uh in July we answered 28
[3:03] fire runs and 45 EMS runs for a total of
[3:07] 73 runs for the month. Um that was
[3:10] against 21 fire runs and 39 EMS runs
[3:13] last year for a total of 60. So that was
[3:15] 13 more than the same month last year or
[3:18] nearly 22% increase.
[3:21] Out of our EMS details, uh the 45
[3:24] details, we required mutual aid
[3:27] transport four times, uh which is 8.8%.
[3:31] Uh last year we required nine times on
[3:34] 39 runs, which was 23%. So that's a 14%
[3:38] improvement there. Uh two of our EMS
[3:41] transports were made uh during
[3:43] non-staffed hours uh with Force Park
[3:46] when we needed ALS care. Uh we had one
[3:48] transport made by Force Park uh during
[3:51] the day when we had uh a need for
[3:53] additional care and then we had Forest
[3:55] Park made a run for us while we were on
[3:57] another EMS run in the village of Green
[4:00] Hill. So we had two at a time. So that
[4:02] seems to be happening two or three times
[4:04] a month now which I can't explain it but
[4:07] it does seem to be happening. Um
[4:10] [snorts]
[4:11] uh 86.3%
[4:13] of our runs occurred during our staffed
[4:16] hours from 8 to midnight. 13.7% of our
[4:20] runs occurred midnight to08 during uh
[4:22] volunteer staffing time.
[4:25] Uh we made 100% of our runs both during
[4:28] staffed and non-staff time last year or
[4:30] last month and uh we staffed 95.4%
[4:35] of the hours. So that number continues
[4:37] to be a good one. We uh gave mutual aid
[4:43] 12 times and we received mutual aid 15
[4:47] times.
[4:49] We had 16 fires in the village. We went
[4:51] to Forest Park three times, Springfield
[4:54] Township twice, Cole Rain three times,
[4:56] Mount Healthy once, Springdale once, and
[4:58] Woodlon twice.
[5:00] Our EMS uh total response time last year
[5:04] was 5 minutes and 38 seconds. Our total
[5:08] EMS response time this year was 4
[5:10] minutes and 16 seconds for an
[5:12] improvement of a minute and 22 seconds
[5:14] or 24% improvement.
[5:16] Our EMS time uh this year during staffed
[5:20] hours was 3 minutes and 58 seconds
[5:24] against the 538. So a minute 40 better
[5:27] almost 30%.
[5:29] Um, so these are consistent numbers that
[5:32] I've been giving to you
[5:34] throughout [clears throat]
[5:35] um,
[5:37] anniversaries in the firehouse this
[5:39] month. John Stagger, AJ Coley, Jared
[5:42] Dornbush, Austin Clems, Eric Mormon,
[5:44] Brandt Webb, and Julie Sheets.
[5:49] uh year-to- date uh through the end of
[5:51] July, we're at 507 total runs, which is
[5:55] 109 more than last year um through that
[6:00] same time period or 27.3%
[6:04] uh ahead.
[6:07] A couple of uh notes
[6:10] uh regarding um July. Um we had two
[6:14] storm events in July. one on the 17th
[6:17] and then again on the 27th. Uh we didn't
[6:20] have any storm related runs on the 17th,
[6:22] but we did have two on the 27th.
[6:26] Um and then you know so far in August
[6:28] we've had two uh one on the 7th and then
[6:31] again on the 11th on the 7th we had
[6:34] seven storm related details and on the
[6:38] 11th we had five storm related details.
[6:42] And so, um, again, I may have explained
[6:45] this before, but when we have a storm
[6:48] event in the county, we go on what they
[6:49] call a storm plan activation. And so,
[6:51] instead of dispatching every single run,
[6:54] every single tree down, every single
[6:55] wires down, we monitor our computer and
[6:58] they stack the runs. And then we answer
[7:00] them either in the order that they come
[7:03] in or the severity. So a tree down or a
[7:06] wires down might not get answered if we
[7:09] have some sort of fire or an auto
[7:11] accident or something like that. So we prioritize them uh by need uh but
[7:16] then we also you know answer them as
[7:18] they come. And so um the important thing
[7:20] for u you know residents to remember is
[7:24] that um when the fire department comes
[7:26] you know we're not tree surgeons and
[7:28] we're not electricians. So there's not
[7:30] much we can do uh for either of those
[7:33] things. But for an electrical issue, uh
[7:36] we will also notify Duke through our
[7:38] means of communication and we'll cordon
[7:41] off the area and we'll make sure that
[7:43] you know it there's a relative degree of
[7:45] safety there until Duke [clears throat]
[7:46] can come out and deenergize. We do not
[7:49] extinguish fires that involve electric
[7:52] lines because, as you know, water and
[7:54] electric does not mix. Um, with regard
[7:57] to trees down, um, we have chainsaws.
[8:00] We've used a lot of blades this month.
[8:03] And we don't buy the ones that you get
[8:04] at Home Depot. The ones we use are a
[8:06] little bit more expensive. But, um,
[8:08] generally what we do, if we if we can
[8:10] clear a roadway or get it at least open,
[8:13] that's what we'll do. Um, again, if we
[8:16] can do that safely and within a
[8:18] reasonable amount of time, we always try
[8:20] to do that. And then I'll either be
[8:21] texting the mayor or the village manager
[8:23] letting them know that, hey, we we've
[8:25] done this. And so, um, you know, in that
[8:28] regard, we we're out there, um, maybe
[8:31] when the after hours when the service
[8:32] department's there, we can kind of give
[8:33] them a head start and give them a heads
[8:35] up of what's going on.
[8:37] Um, and so that's our approach during a storm. And so, um, as with
[8:42] everything we do, you know, we assess
[8:43] the risk. We need to take care of
[8:45] ourselves first, but if we can safely
[8:47] address specifically wires and trees,
[8:50] that's that's normal.
[8:54] Um, as you know, we are approaching
[8:56] September 1st, uh, which is the
[8:58] anniversary of our part-time program.
[9:02] Um, we're very happy with our progress
[9:04] and results, um, thus far. Um, we're
[9:07] looking forward to the future. Uh, we've
[9:10] grown as an organization. We've learned
[9:11] a lot over the past year, uh, that we
[9:14] will continue apply to only improve and
[9:18] get better. Um again we want to thank uh
[9:21] the community for the support for
[9:23] passing the levy uh the council and the
[9:25] village administration and everybody
[9:27] that came together to to put together uh
[9:30] the system that we have now for delivery
[9:31] of firing EMS in the village which has
[9:34] been very cost effective and as you hear
[9:37] the numbers that I gave you the other
[9:38] month it's been it's been [cough] very [clears throat] good.
[9:42] um are um if there's any questions or anything
[9:48] regarding that, I I'd be free to answer
[9:49] those. Um just a couple of other notes.
[9:52] Um reminder uh that school's back in
[9:55] session, so be careful out there. Um I'm
[9:58] sure the police chief will mention but
[10:00] the Winton Farragutate corridor um you
[10:04] know there's
[10:06] if you if you um [clears throat]
[10:09] think about the staff and the students
[10:11] there's almost 2,000 people a day at 147
[10:14] [cough] Farragate.
[10:16] That's a lot.
[10:18] That's like not quite half of our
[10:21] population. Um and so the traveling in
[10:25] the morning and then when school
[10:26] actually it's it gets as you guys know
[10:28] it gets very very busy out there. So
[10:30] just remind everybody [cough]
[10:32] pay attention put the cell phones away
[10:35] and u let's have a safe school year.
[10:39] Um it's hydrant time so very soon we'll
[10:42] be out there flowing hydrants
[10:44] pumping them and then going back and
[10:46] check to make sure that they're not
[10:47] leaking uh for the winter time. And so,
[10:51] did I just say winter?
[10:54] >> But anyway, we do that. We do that now
[10:56] so when the weather's good, we can make
[10:58] sure that all the hydrants and
[10:59] everything are in good shape for the for
[11:00] the upcoming season.
[11:03] Uh, also wanted to remind everybody that
[11:05] this Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00
[11:07] p.m. is National Night Out at Winton
[11:10] Woods at the Harbor Point.
[11:12] >> Thank you.
[11:12] >> And we will be down there. the police
[11:14] department will be down there and they
[11:16] have a lot of there'll be a lot of
[11:17] agencies down there and a lot of things
[11:19] going on on Thursday evening. So, um if
[11:21] you're available, want to swing down and
[11:23] say hello to us at the Harbor Point for
[11:25] their national night out, that's where
[11:26] we'll be this Thursday.
[11:29] And then uh we did uh the fire
[11:31] department, we did meet last night again
[11:33] and talk about the turkey raffle and
[11:35] there'll be some exciting changes and
[11:37] some things that we're going to do
[11:38] differently this year that uh that
[11:40] information is going to be coming out
[11:42] here uh within the coming weeks as we
[11:45] prepare for our uh important fundraising
[11:48] season. Uh, we just had a uh, as you
[11:51] know, I reported that we spent a little
[11:54] over 40 grand on the ladder truck
[11:57] getting it fixed and we got it back in
[11:59] the generator and it burned up and so
[12:03] it's $15,000 to replace the generator.
[12:07] So, um, nothing we can do about it. Um,
[12:10] we have to get it fixed. That was not a
[12:12] budgeted item, but we're we're going to
[12:15] be just fine. And um we'll go ahead and
[12:17] get that taken care of because again our
[12:20] goal is to keep that keep that specific
[12:22] vehicle going uh for many many more
[12:25] years because to replace it would be you
[12:28] know probably 1.7 $1.8 million which we
[12:32] definitely don't have that much Jack
[12:33] laying around. So um that concludes my
[12:37] report. Any questions or comments for
[12:39] [clears throat]
[12:40] >> Thank you.
[12:41] >> Yes ma'am. I I think I will just use
[12:43] this opportunity to um thank the fire
[12:45] department for everything they did the
[12:48] night of all of the storms. It almost
[12:50] seemed like one continuous storm, didn't
[12:52] it? I mean, it was days and days. In
[12:54] fact, we're all still cleaning up, but
[12:56] >> um thank you for their role. Chief,
[12:59] thanks to your department. I know the
[13:01] one day Ann Ward was on and
[13:03] >> she was everywhere coordinating
[13:06] everything, you know, and we're talking
[13:08] about it. pouring rain, thunder, vicious
[13:10] lightning. They didn't stop and that was
[13:13] truly amazing and and the service
[13:15] department was just incredible. Yeah,
[13:18] >> everybody was soaked anyway. It was
[13:20] quite a quite an effort. So, thanks to
[13:22] everybody.
[13:23] >> We're happy to do it.
[13:24] >> Yeah, the troops really applauded you
[13:27] all did in service department, too.
[13:29] >> It's no different than a snowstorm kind
[13:31] of
[13:31] >> part of what we do, right?
[13:34] >> We appreciate it.
[13:35] >> No, we're we're happy to do it.
[13:37] >> Thank you.
[13:38] >> Okay. Thanks, Tony. Appreciate it.
[13:41] >> Lisa Knack, you got anything?
[13:43] >> I got a little bit.
[13:45] >> Okay.
[13:48] >> Good evening. I do have a short and
[13:50] sweet America 250 related um
[13:53] announcement. The uh registration for
[13:56] the upcoming Harvest Fest America 250
[13:59] parade went live today. And I want to
[14:02] thank Mike Viola. He threw down the
[14:04] first gauntlet. He's already registered
[14:06] [laughter]
[14:07] because I emailed all the folks who had
[14:09] registered for our June parade and
[14:11] within minutes after I'd sent that link,
[14:13] Mike. So all you folks out there in the
[14:16] community with the golf cart, the
[14:18] gauntlet has been thrown down by Mike
[14:19] Viola for the parade. And then I also
[14:22] heard from the Winton Woods band,
[14:24] they're in and uh another uh political
[14:28] candidate who had been registered
[14:30] before. So I was thrilled. So we should
[14:32] see a Facebook post go up soon, too.
[14:35] So that's all I got in terms of America
[14:37] 250.
[14:38] >> Yep.
[14:39] >> Um the uh the check in question, the
[14:41] memo, I'm just clarifying for you. Um we
[14:44] wanted to possibly to see if you can
[14:47] separate just opening the clothes and
[14:49] putting the cement so you be ready
[14:51] whenever we have all the flags. And uh
[14:54] this was a member of the American Legion
[14:56] from Westchester that donated the
[14:58] thousand dollars for that. uh whatever
[15:01] else may you may need that because
[15:04] that's not enough to open the remainder
[15:06] halls and so forth, please make it
[15:08] public. Let us know.
[15:10] >> Okay,
[15:10] >> that would be great. Thank you.
[15:12] >> You're welcome.
[15:15] >> All right. Thanks.
[15:17] >> All right. Anything happening at the
[15:18] library?
[15:22] » We never do anything. So, but I do have
[15:25] something that I'm going to need your
[15:26] all's help with today.
[15:29] It is a very important vote.
[15:32] >> We are naming our delivery trucks
[15:35] >> and there are samples that everybody can
[15:38] take a ballot and
[15:40] fill it out. You can either bring it
[15:42] back or you can give it to me tonight.
[15:44] But
[15:44] >> it's cute.
[15:45] >> Bookie Monster, Bookimus Prime, or Truck
[15:49] Norris. Please vote. [laughter] It's a
[15:52] lot of fun and um it's just one of the
[15:55] cool things we've got going on there.
[15:56] and we've got our little ballot box at
[15:58] the the library. You can also go online
[16:00] and do it. If anybody is watching and
[16:02] would like to go online, you can also
[16:04] vote that way as well. I did want to let
[16:07] everyone know that summer reading was a
[16:09] huge success. We don't have all the
[16:13] numbers sorted completely yet, but we
[16:15] had 32,628
[16:19] youth participate across the county.
[16:22] >> Wow. this summer and that is an 8.79%
[16:26] increase over our participation last
[16:28] year. So,
[16:29] >> we think our camp read was pretty fun
[16:31] and it really helped kids keep reading,
[16:34] keep their brains sharp, work on their
[16:36] literacy skills, all that fun stuff. And
[16:39] you know what? We made it fun so they
[16:41] didn't think about the fact that maybe
[16:43] they were doing good things for their
[16:45] brains as [laughter] well.
[16:48] >> [clears throat]
[16:48] >> Um, I did also want to mention we will
[16:50] be closed all library locations on
[16:52] Monday, September 7th for the holiday,
[16:54] but you can still go online for all of
[16:56] our resources.
[16:58] Also, we don't remember if you guys knew
[17:01] we had our customer appreciation day
[17:03] last year in September, and the library
[17:05] is doing that again this September. So,
[17:08] that's appreciation for all of our
[17:11] customers, and it's just a chance. Each
[17:14] library will have their own day. Ours is
[17:16] going to be on Saturday, September 26th,
[17:19] and we're going to have all kinds of
[17:21] activities from an obstacle course to
[17:24] speed puzzling to an ice cream social,
[17:26] as well as, of course, general
[17:28] refreshments and lovely library things
[17:31] that are unique to that particular
[17:34] endeavor. So, we're going to have a lot
[17:36] of fun on that and we're just you, our
[17:38] customers, are the why and the library
[17:40] is how we do those things. Um, back to
[17:43] school library card is a vast resource
[17:47] for anybody who has students as a
[17:49] teacher as well as anybody else who just
[17:51] wants to, you know, learn something or
[17:52] have some fun. But apparently about
[17:55] 100,000 145,000 students will be going
[17:58] back to school in Hamilton County in the
[18:00] next few weeks. And the library has a
[18:03] lot of resources that can help out with
[18:04] that. Um they can be we have a lot of
[18:08] locations that have a homework help aid
[18:10] that's on site for specific hours.
[18:13] Forest Park and North Central are the
[18:15] two closest for us for that one.
[18:17] However, everyone has access to our
[18:20] homework help now, which is a live tutor
[18:23] chat program that we have access to, and
[18:26] that's available from 2 to 11, 7 days a
[18:28] week. And that will connect anybody from
[18:30] kindergarten to college with specific
[18:32] experts in whatever field you need for
[18:36] homework assistance. And that's
[18:38] connecting them with a live human being
[18:39] through a chat technology rather than,
[18:42] you know, any other, you know, resources
[18:45] or anything. So you can get a wide range
[18:47] there all around the country through the
[18:50] Brainfuse is the company that does that.
[18:52] So those are always available and if you
[18:54] need to come into the library for
[18:56] internet access, we have that too. And
[18:59] then um we also have teacher resources.
[19:01] So we do teacher cards where you can get
[19:03] collections of materials for your
[19:06] classrooms. You can order multiple
[19:08] copies if you need to, you know, have
[19:09] Tom Sawyer or something specific or if
[19:12] you need, you know, 20 books on apples
[19:14] or something like that. we can put these
[19:16] things together. There are um delivery
[19:18] schedules for schools that have six or
[19:20] more teachers. Also, we would love to
[19:22] come and talk. So, any teachers out
[19:24] there who would like to reach out, Amy
[19:26] or I would be more than happy to come
[19:28] out and talk to your classroom and get
[19:30] that schedule set up as well. Um we also
[19:35] have a bunch of programs going on, so I
[19:38] won't hit all of them. I'll just hit a
[19:39] few of them. um Cincinnati Speak Idioms
[19:42] and Culture, which is a Cincinnati
[19:44] Museum Center program. Why do we call it
[19:47] a Big Mac Bridge, other things that um
[19:50] are unique to Cincinnati and how we
[19:52] speak, is going to be on Wednesday,
[19:53] August 26th at 6:30 p.m. Of course, we
[19:57] have our family story times and our
[19:59] youth drawing club that's ongoing. We're
[20:02] going to have a fall plant swap on
[20:04] Saturday, September 12th at 2 p.m. We
[20:07] are also going to have a pop tab
[20:09] bracelet, a craft program for teens on
[20:12] Wednesday, September 16th at 400 p.m. We
[20:15] are going to have, like I said, the
[20:17] obstacle course, the ice cream social,
[20:19] and the speed puzzling program on
[20:21] September 26th, and a lot of other
[20:23] things that if you are curious, you can
[20:25] contact us or if you go online at
[20:27] www.chl.org,
[20:29] or you can check out all of the fun
[20:31] stuff that we have going on. And this is
[20:33] slower than what we do in the summer.
[20:37] >> Any questions?
[20:38] >> Thank you so much for what you do
[20:40] because you make it sound like it's so
[20:42] effortless and I know how hard it is to
[20:45] plan all those things. So, thank you so
[20:46] much for doing that for everybody.
[20:48] >> We're glad to be a part of the community
[20:50] and get to make a difference for
[20:51] everybody.
[20:52] >> All right.
[20:52] >> Thank you.
[20:53] >> Keep up the good work.
[20:55] >> Okay.
[20:58] Now we're
[21:08] [clears throat]
[21:11] » only one vote. Maria
[21:15] » only one.
[21:17] [laughter]
[21:20] » All right. This is an opportunity for
[21:21] residents and non-residents with
[21:23] >> Oh, great. Go ahead.
[21:25] prior permission. We have no public
[21:28] hearings. Um um when recognized, please
[21:32] come forward to the podium. Complete the
[21:33] signin sheet. Verbally indicate if
[21:35] you're a resident of Green Hills. And I
[21:37] see no non-residents here. Um then state
[21:40] your comments. If you have questions,
[21:41] the questions will be recorded and
[21:43] referred to the manager's office for
[21:45] response. This will allow time for
[21:47] thoughtful and thorough consideration to
[21:49] be given to each question. Council
[21:51] meetings are recorded for ease of
[21:52] transcription. Comments are limited to
[21:55] four minutes. Speakers may not yield any
[21:58] uh or all of their time to other
[22:00] speakers.
[22:05] » Okay.
[22:06] >> Good evening again. Um so I have a
[22:08] couple kudos and some concerns. Um, my
[22:12] kudos. Uh, I just want to really
[22:14] acknowledge the incredible job that I
[22:17] think RA Miller did on the um, storm
[22:20] sewers and the curbs, curb cuts that
[22:23] they took care of. U, I have never seen
[22:25] a cleaner street contractor in my life.
[22:28] Uh,
[22:30] Barrett has a
[22:33] big shoes to fill. um in terms of being
[22:36] a being as courteous and professional
[22:38] and as clean as RA Miller was. So, but
[22:42] they the what [snorts] the streets that
[22:43] are done look great. Uh Chroma looks
[22:45] beautiful. Um I also want to thank echo
[22:49] the the u appreciation to the fire
[22:52] department and to the service
[22:54] department. The storm response was
[22:56] amazing. We had a large tree go down
[22:58] across from my house and which blocked
[23:00] Bachmann and the fire department was
[23:02] there within 20 minutes.
[23:04] And um Ivonne made sure that Bartlett
[23:08] also showed up that night, a gentleman
[23:10] from Bartlett who and then they came out
[23:12] the next day and it was such a big tree
[23:13] it took them two days to clear that
[23:15] thing. So um kudos. I it was amazing to
[23:18] see the response for those storms
[23:21] because again they were you had to feel
[23:23] like you were just being hit by waves as
[23:26] quickly as they came on top of each
[23:27] other. And the one concern I have is
[23:31] about the sidewalk grinding.
[23:33] um only because I had a couple squares
[23:37] that were ground in my front of my house
[23:39] and only one right now the aggregate is
[23:42] already starting to come loose. So, um
[23:45] that certainly doesn't help with the
[23:46] life expectancy of that pavement square.
[23:49] So, and I don't know if it's happening
[23:51] other places, but literally I've got
[23:53] aggregate that's that's been kicked up.
[23:55] So,
[23:57] thank you.
[23:59] Great.
[24:01] Monique, you got something?
[24:21] Before
[24:35] my four minutes start, thanks also to
[24:38] the first responders on the storm. I
[24:40] mean, it's been crazy.
[24:42] They've done a great job.
[24:44] >> You had a branch come down in your yard,
[24:46] right?
[24:47] >> Yeah.
[24:51] We've had that tree trimmed many times.
[24:53] It's just
[24:59] » Can't get
[25:02] functional.
[25:09] » This is a test.
[25:11] [laughter]
[25:13] >> Make sure Greg gets a copy, too.
[25:16] >> Thank you. We got a Single page stack.
[25:32] U Mon'nique Mason Halter, Green Hills
[25:34] Residents. Couple of things I'd like to
[25:36] discuss tonight. First, I would like to
[25:38] request um that our law director start
[25:42] reporting every month about Ohio
[25:44] legislation to regulate data centers. I
[25:47] could be wrong, but I don't recall ever
[25:49] hearing any reports about that here. And
[25:51] although I haven't heard any proposals
[25:53] in Hamilton County, we aren't far from
[25:55] other counties that are building data
[25:58] centers. And there are also proposals
[26:00] and there are reportedly still risks to
[26:03] residents who live in communities near
[26:05] them. So I ask the law director to keep
[26:07] us up to date on this. Thanks. Um
[26:10] shifting gears, as I've mentioned at
[26:13] past meetings, there are federal
[26:15] proposals being rushed through that
[26:17] would severely limit the ability of
[26:19] local governments and residents to have
[26:21] a voice in where and how cell towers,
[26:23] antennas, and other wireless sites are
[26:24] built. I've provided you with printed
[26:27] material and ask that you take action.
[26:30] Last month, I sent an email asking that
[26:33] you write to our federal lawmakers about
[26:34] HR2289.
[26:36] If passed, it will take away our voice
[26:38] in local broadband deployment. I also
[26:41] spoke and provided info about the
[26:43] Federal Communications Commission or FCC
[26:46] proposal for a four-fold increase in
[26:48] power limits for wireless devices.
[26:50] Tonight, I've provided an article
[26:52] regarding the continued need for local
[26:55] control over deployment, which now
[26:57] reportedly includes 6G networks. It's on
[27:00] the environmental health sciences
[27:01] website dated July 8th, 2026.
[27:05] US cell tower and cell phone radiation
[27:07] policy fails public health new paper
[27:10] finds. The paper concludes with a set of
[27:12] policy recommendations that can be
[27:14] downloaded and shared. Some excerpts. A
[27:17] new review paper published in Frontiers
[27:20] for Frontiers and Public Health details
[27:23] the outdated policies and gaps in
[27:24] oversight and enforcement that
[27:26] characterize the US regulatory framework
[27:28] for cell towers, cell phones, Wi-Fi, and
[27:31] wireless radiation. In short, the FCC
[27:34] has regulatory authority over cell tower
[27:36] and wireless radiation limits in the US,
[27:38] but lacks in-house expertise on health
[27:42] and states. It differs to other agencies
[27:44] such as the FDA, CDC, NIH, or EPA.
[27:48] However, none of these agencies have
[27:50] reviewed the full body of scientific
[27:51] evidence
[27:53] and have conducted little to no
[27:55] meaningful oversight or health risk
[27:57] evaluation.
[27:59] Um, human exposure limits have not
[28:02] changed since 1996 and protect only
[28:05] short-term heating effects, not
[28:07] long-term
[28:08] health impacts of wireless radiation.
[28:11] The FCC exemplifies regulatory capture
[28:14] through undue industry influence with
[28:17] the decadesl long revolving door between
[28:19] the agency and industry leadership. The
[28:22] US lacks pre-market safety testing
[28:24] postmarket health surveillance
[28:26] compliance audits exposure measurement
[28:29] monitoring programs has no occupational
[28:32] health program in place to monitor moni
[28:34] modern workplace exposure and mitigate
[28:36] risk. The US limits for cell tower
[28:39] radiation are among the highest, most
[28:41] lenient in the world, while many other
[28:43] countries have more robust measuring and
[28:45] oversight programs, as well as specific
[28:48] safeguards for children, such as banning
[28:50] cell towers at schools. Thanks again to
[28:52] council members for adopting a
[28:54] protective local wireless infrastructure
[28:57] ordinance, as well as for writing a
[28:58] letter to [clears throat] the FCC asking
[29:00] that it comply with a 2021 court order
[29:03] to update the RF wireless radiation
[29:05] guidelines.
[29:11] All righty. Thanks.
[29:14] [clears throat]
[29:15] All right. Moving on. Reports of
[29:17] municipal officials. Municipal manager
[29:19] Ivon Coobec.
[29:21] >> Thank you, Mayor. I think I'll start
[29:23] with the Damon Road, Damon Cromwell
[29:26] Springdale Road project that um as you
[29:29] have all probably seen, it's nearing its
[29:32] completion. Um, probably one more day.
[29:35] >> Although I think they'll be coming back
[29:37] with that coating that they put on
[29:39] everything. So, we might see you might
[29:41] see lane markers go down, temporary
[29:43] ones, and then in a little while you'll
[29:45] see more because they'll be putting
[29:46] another coating over it as well.
[29:48] >> Crown one is all finished.
[29:50] >> Oh, okay. Great. Great.
[29:52] >> Um, anyway, it and I do have to agree
[29:55] with RK Miller. I I just haven't seen a
[29:58] contractor that good in a long, long
[30:00] time. So, um, they're amazing and I'm
[30:03] glad the citizens appreciated that. Um,
[30:08] okay, this is a big one. This Friday,
[30:10] your emails, all the emails will have
[30:13] moved over from.org to.gov.
[30:18] So, um, we'll do an announcement
[30:20] probably early next week about that, but
[30:22] note that at that point in time, you can
[30:24] start, um, letting your contacts know to
[30:28] make changes,
[30:31] you know, and and probably by virtue of
[30:33] the fact that you're going to send them
[30:34] maybe just say like, please note, I've
[30:36] got a new email address now, but know
[30:38] that for a couple of months, um, they
[30:40] will automatically come over to you.
[30:42] You'll just help the process a little
[30:44] bit if you can draw [clears throat]
[30:46] people's attention to that. So, it's
[30:48] pretty exciting. Um, the website is to
[30:51] follow soon thereafter. I'm I'm the one
[30:55] still reviewing my pieces of it. Um, but
[30:57] it's it's all very close. It's
[30:59] wonderfully easy to use compared to our
[31:02] previous one. Um, lots of flexibility
[31:05] with it. So, I I think that will be a
[31:07] really terrific
[31:08] >> So, just to be clear, um, so if someone
[31:11] sends us an email that has.org, or
[31:14] there'll be a period of time where it
[31:15] will come through but then the actual
[31:18] full switch over will happen and they
[31:20] have to use.gov Correct. You can't use
[31:22] both,
[31:23] >> right? But it'll be at least two months,
[31:25] maybe three months before that happens.
[31:27] So they'll have a pretty good long time.
[31:29] >> So they'll over that much.
[31:30] >> Yes. Yes.
[31:31] >> So the name would be the same except for
[31:33] the gov.
[31:35] >> That's correct. [clears throat]
[31:36] >> So whatever they were doing before was
[31:37] just replacing or
[31:40] >> correct. Go. Okay.
[31:41] >> Yes. Also, I noticed that it used to be
[31:45] certain amount of people that I had that
[31:47] I would put the name, the first letter
[31:49] or something and it would pop up. It's
[31:51] not popping up. So, I have not been able
[31:53] to respond. Uh, someone said I sent
[31:56] something and I just didn't see it. And
[31:59] then I was going to respond back. I
[32:01] don't see it, but I couldn't put the
[32:03] name of that person in there because it
[32:04] didn't pop up.
[32:05] >> Okay.
[32:06] >> It didn't have Mr. Moore, for example. I
[32:08] could not send something to the mayor
[32:10] because I tried to put the
[32:13] >> uh David Moore, you know, as it was
[32:15] before. It never pop up any inclination
[32:18] for the
[32:19] >> that's um an autofill feature and it
[32:22] might be unique to your machine. There
[32:24] might have been something that got
[32:25] switched,
[32:26] >> but it had it has all the other council
[32:29] members,
[32:31] >> right? No, I'm just saying
[32:32] >> it comes up with all kinds of
[32:34] >> but that autofill sometimes comes
[32:36] through the browser you're using.
[32:38] There's a lot of things that can
[32:40] autofill on your computer. So, but maybe
[32:43] one of us can take a look at it and see.
[32:46] >> Check with one of the freshman at
[32:47] school. [laughter]
[32:49] >> Well, I had a senior.
[32:52] >> No, get the younger ones. They're even
[32:54] better. [laughter]
[32:55] senior work.
[33:00] » Um I had one more question about this as
[33:02] well. Um I had um Vince Welich reached
[33:05] out to me earlier today specifically
[33:06] about this topic asking if um once we
[33:09] switch over to.gov if we're going to
[33:11] have different protocols with if we're
[33:13] going to need to have like receipts of
[33:15] receiving emails in a certain amount of
[33:17] time, um responses in a certain amount
[33:20] of time. Having the.gov gov wouldn't
[33:22] change anything concurrent. Right.
[33:24] All right. Cool. Sure.
[33:26] >> Yeah. Marie, I just checked. Um, all my
[33:29] autofill is working. So, it could be
[33:31] something that just got switched when we
[33:33] set you up on your
[33:34] >> Okay. Well, I tried to send something to
[33:36] Mr. Moore and I could
[33:37] >> I'm saying yours isn't working. I
[33:38] realize that, but I don't think it's a
[33:40] sitewide problem. Okay.
[33:43] >> We We can look at it.
[33:45] >> Okay. All right.
[33:46] >> Great. Um, couple more things. We do get
[33:48] questions about um the Beachwood site
[33:51] and I think I might have mentioned
[33:53] [clears throat] at the last meeting that
[33:54] the school board has approved a contract
[33:56] with Miranda Homes um to construct 39
[33:59] homes on that site. Uh we do now have a
[34:02] date for the planning commission um to
[34:05] have the first public hearing that will
[34:06] be on September 28th at 6:00 p.m. The notices haven't gone out. There's
[34:12] still a lot of data to come and to go
[34:14] out onto the website and Facebook to be
[34:16] sure everybody is well aware of what's
[34:18] going on over on Beachwood site. Um so I
[34:22] thought I'd share that with you tonight.
[34:24] Then we have um we have a park talk
[34:26] coming up this Thursday. This was the
[34:28] rescheduled date for the village
[34:30] arborist. So I suggest you go there,
[34:33] hear that, and then run down to the
[34:35] national night out. How does that sound,
[34:37] Tony? [laughter]
[34:39] Um and then printing class registrations
[34:43] are open as well. We have that on see my
[34:46] legacy um for the registrations and
[34:48] that's that is working out well. I have
[34:50] to say we put the um harvest fest
[34:52] vendors and within like one day we had
[34:55] like six people responding. It it was
[34:58] just amazing. I I love that thing.
[35:01] >> Um so we have to really get used to
[35:02] using that with everything we do. It
[35:04] really works out great. So, um, I think
[35:07] that's everything for now.
[35:08] >> What was the what was the time on the
[35:10] planning commission at 6 o'
[35:12] [clears throat]
[35:14] >> Hey, law director Jeff Forbes. Uh, thank
[35:16] you, Mayor. Um, as requested, I can tell
[35:20] council that just about three weeks ago,
[35:23] House Bill 983 was introduced. It's
[35:26] related to data centers. Um, one of the
[35:29] things it does is it would require uh
[35:31] local elections um to approve certain uh
[35:34] d certain size data centers. Um, there
[35:38] have been at least one or maybe two
[35:40] other bills that have been introduced um
[35:42] since summer um related to data centers.
[35:45] Most of it has to do with
[35:47] [clears throat] concerns about strain on
[35:49] the electric grid, water,
[35:52] um tax subsidies. Um, so I'm happy to
[35:56] continue to report uh on those to
[35:58] council.
[36:00] >> Yep.
[36:01] >> And that's all.
[36:02] >> And for the number of acreage that these
[36:05] places are looking for, I don't think 12
[36:09] acres of open land on Beachwood would suffice for a data center.
[36:16] >> Okay.
[36:18] Clerk of Council Nancy Hopster.
[36:20] >> I don't have anything.
[36:21] >> Okay. Chief of Police Jim Howard.
[36:23] >> Thank you, Mayor. I have a few things to
[36:25] go over. Uh like chief mentioned,
[36:27] tomorrow is the start of a new school
[36:29] year. So it's hard to believe the school
[36:31] year's biased. Um so you will see a lot
[36:36] of congestion down by South Campus,
[36:39] especially Farragut and the entrance way
[36:41] there. Uh we will have the start of this
[36:44] year at least, we have our two SRO's
[36:46] that will be down there. We'll also have
[36:47] the road officer down there to help. So
[36:50] uh we just ask everybody to be patient.
[36:52] Uh, I know we've been doing it down
[36:54] there for a few years now since that
[36:56] school opened, but first couple days are
[36:59] very uh congested and especially the new
[37:02] people not knowing exactly how
[37:04] everything runs through there. So, we
[37:06] appreciate patience once again like
[37:08] Chief said, putting down the cell
[37:10] phones, really paying attention not just
[37:11] in our school zones, whatever
[37:13] jurisdiction you're driving through, uh,
[37:15] because they're going to kids are going
[37:17] to be out and about. So, we just look
[37:19] forward to a great safe year. Uh it's
[37:22] always great, you know, working with
[37:23] even through the summer of Von and I
[37:25] working with Superintendent Denny and
[37:27] Jeremy Day. Uh they're great to work
[37:29] with. So we look forward to a good
[37:30] school year. Uh they are doing a third
[37:33] opening. Uh so a third will go on
[37:36] Wednesday, a third on Thursday, and a
[37:37] third on Friday, and then come Monday,
[37:40] it's a free-for-all. So if you don't if
[37:43] you go through there tomorrow on
[37:45] Thursday or tomorrow or Thursday or
[37:47] Friday and you don't think it's that
[37:48] bad, then that's because they're doing a
[37:50] staggered start. So, which is very
[37:53] beneficial actually for everybody. Uh,
[37:56] I'd like to welcome our newest police
[37:57] officer, Rahm Kafley. He was sworn in by
[38:00] the mayor on July 7th. Uh, so he's been
[38:02] with us a little more than a month now.
[38:05] The ideal thing what I want to do is
[38:06] actually have a ceremonial swearing of
[38:09] in of Rahm and Chris Shipley who's in
[38:11] the police academy right now. Uh, he
[38:14] graduates on September 8th from the
[38:16] academy and will be joining us. look
[38:18] forward to Chris coming on board.
[38:20] Although he graduates September 8th, the
[38:23] state testing isn't until after that and
[38:25] that date hasn't been scheduled yet. So,
[38:27] we don't know the exact date that he
[38:28] will be starting with us, but I'm
[38:30] assuming it'll be middle to late
[38:32] September. He'll be coming on board with
[38:34] us. So, hoping in the month of
[38:36] September's meeting at the very latest
[38:38] October have a ceremonial swearing in
[38:40] both for him and Rahm at the same time.
[38:43] Uh, I'd like to congratulate Stephanie
[38:45] Moan. Today actually is her fifth year
[38:48] serving the department. She's kind of
[38:49] behind the scenes. A lot of people who
[38:51] Stephanie, but she does our property
[38:53] room, all her evidence stuff, uh, which
[38:56] is is a chief one of probably the second
[38:59] most, maybe the first most important
[39:01] thing on a police department, making
[39:03] sure chain of custody and everything
[39:04] else is squared away. She does a great
[39:06] job and uh, today's she's served the
[39:09] village for five years. So, we
[39:10] appreciate her. Uh just three days ago,
[39:13] Officer Lenhof celebrated 10 years with
[39:15] the department. So congratulations to
[39:18] Rob. We appreciate him. He he's coming
[39:20] back to work actually on Thursday uh
[39:23] after the birth of his second child. So
[39:26] we look forward to having Rob back.
[39:30] Uh national night out. Can't thank
[39:32] enough everybody that participated in
[39:34] that and the hands that went in the
[39:36] service department getting all the
[39:37] supplies, getting everything squared
[39:38] away. Appreciate them. uh had a great
[39:41] turnout. Even had a nice uh king's
[39:44] chorus show up. Uh they all came down to
[39:47] it after the flag raising ceremony. That
[39:49] was great. They even broke out in a
[39:51] couple songs and actually showed
[39:53] interest to come to Cooking with the
[39:54] Cops next year. So,
[39:56] >> um yeah. So, that was kind of nice. Uh
[39:59] we had several that were former Green
[40:01] Hill residents that were there in that
[40:03] course and a couple that still reside in
[40:06] Green Hill. So, that was very nice.
[40:10] Uh just a quick reminder on door-to-door
[40:13] solicitors. Uh it's going out in the
[40:15] newsletter, but we did have one about a
[40:17] week ago. Somebody
[40:20] don't exactly know if they were with
[40:22] Spectrum or not, but kind of raised a
[40:24] couple eyebrows to the owner because
[40:26] they were talking about a deal that was
[40:28] too good to be true, which usually if
[40:30] you hear something, if it's too good to
[40:32] be true, it probably is. So, um,
[40:34] thankfully didn't do anything except a
[40:37] couple minor things maybe that if it all
[40:39] happened again, he wouldn't do. Uh, but
[40:41] just make sure you know solicitors have
[40:44] to register with the village.
[40:45] >> They will have a form showing that
[40:47] they're registered with us. Uh, so right
[40:51] out the bat, the first thing if they
[40:53] knock on your door, I'd ask for that.
[40:54] >> And there are no registered vendors
[40:56] right now.
[40:56] >> Right now. Okay, that's good to know
[40:58] because we just went to a call right
[41:00] before I came up here. lieutenant did on
[41:02] a solicitor. So, they're not registered
[41:05] with us, so they shouldn't be doing
[41:06] that. So, uh if you have any ideas or
[41:09] any any, you know, like I said, ask for
[41:11] their for their form, showing them
[41:13] they're registered. Um and don't
[41:16] hesitate to call us. That's what we're
[41:18] here for to check them out and then
[41:20] we'll advise them what they need to do
[41:22] to get registered.
[41:24] Um like to talk about dogs just for a
[41:28] few minutes. uh because in July we had
[41:30] two big dog incidents. Also, I have a
[41:33] flyer in the newsletter that will be
[41:35] going out late this week uh first of
[41:38] next week. And that newsletter kind of
[41:41] and I'll put some in the lobby just
[41:42] talks about is being a dog owner, making
[41:45] sure they're confined, making sure
[41:47] they're on a leash. It has our our
[41:49] ordinance numbers on it. Um protecting
[41:52] them from the weather. So if it's a
[41:54] extreme weather alert out there, whether
[41:56] heat or cold, um there's rules and laws
[41:59] about that, barking dogs and so forth.
[42:01] But our two two cases because a lot of
[42:04] times I hate reading everything on
[42:05] Facebook. Um but two things uh the one
[42:08] on Ireland um in in cliffnotee versions
[42:12] that was an individual walking their
[42:14] small little shioo dog um two people and
[42:18] two dogs running loose went after the
[42:21] dog. Um, one of it really only had a
[42:25] role in causing harm to the dog and
[42:28] eventually killing the dog. Um, there
[42:31] was a a resident that lived one street
[42:33] over that came over that saw what saw
[42:35] that it was occurring. Um, once the two
[42:38] dogs didn't have
[42:41] much action with the small dog that was
[42:43] already injured, that individual stepped
[42:45] in to try to get the injured dog out so
[42:47] they could get it to the hospital. When
[42:49] he did that, one of the dogs attacked
[42:51] him. Not the dog that primarily killed
[42:54] the small dog, the Shih Tzu, but the
[42:56] other one attacked him and gave him nice
[42:59] laceration, stitches, staples in his
[43:01] left hand. Uh he was uh carrying a
[43:05] firearm, so he did discharge three
[43:07] rounds, killing the dog uh who was
[43:11] deceased there at the scene. Uh, white
[43:14] dog was able to get out of there when
[43:16] the three shots were fired at the
[43:17] aggressive at the non-aggressive dog.
[43:20] Well, aggressive towards him, but not
[43:22] towards the small dog. The dog that
[43:24] actually caused death to the small dog
[43:27] scured off once the fire shots were
[43:29] fired. He was no longer a threat to
[43:31] anybody, no longer a threat to him. So,
[43:33] he didn't fire at that dog. That dog
[43:35] went home and we located that dog at the
[43:37] residence. So,
[43:40] um, since then, the dog that attacked
[43:44] the small Shih Tzu has been euthanized
[43:46] at the owner's request. Uh, so
[43:49] ultimately a very tragic situation. You
[43:52] know, basically three dogs that I'm sure
[43:55] the owners love dearly, u deceased. Um,
[44:01] you know, but it just goes to show we
[44:03] just need to make sure our dogs are
[44:04] secured in the backyard. Uh the
[44:07] homeowner was cited on a misdemeanor the
[44:09] fourth degree for his dog causing death
[44:13] to another dog unprovoked. So that's a
[44:15] misdemeanor the fourth degree. Um and it
[44:18] would have went to uh was cited to
[44:21] Hamilton County Court for a dangerous
[44:23] dog, vicious dog uh for a hearing uh for
[44:26] them to make the determination, but the
[44:28] homeowners made the determination even
[44:30] prior to that happening. So it didn't go
[44:32] in front of the judge.
[44:35] Any questions on that case?
[44:37] I tried to get the facts out there as
[44:39] quick as I could, but you hear all
[44:41] different kinds of things on there, but
[44:43] just goes [clears throat] to show you
[44:44] that uh we need to be responsible with
[44:46] our with our dogs and and if you're
[44:48] walking a dog, just being alert.
[44:50] >> Yeah. Maria,
[44:52] >> um I had an encounter on Sunday. Yeah.
[44:54] >> Uh in the morning about 6:30, 7 o'clock,
[44:57] [clears throat] somewhere in there. It
[44:59] didn't prolong itself like dogs were
[45:01] running around. wanted to jump in my
[45:04] backyard, but I had my dog secure. Uh,
[45:08] one was a German Shepherd. Um, the other
[45:11] one was the a husky. Both of them of a
[45:14] grayish color. One had a collar, blue
[45:16] collar. The other one, I don't know with
[45:18] the amount [snorts] of hair around. I
[45:20] don't know if it had a collar or not.
[45:22] Um, that was going around going from my
[45:25] porch going to the side. At first thing
[45:28] in the morning, I was looking for the
[45:29] Sunday paper. This is not the first time
[45:32] that has happened to me. I also had pre
[45:34] previous to that another situation with
[45:37] another dog. They're just running and I don't know how they get out somewhere
[45:42] somehow. Um it's uh it's daunting and
[45:47] that's not the first thing that I want
[45:48] to see on a Sunday morning when I'm
[45:50] looking for the enquire paper. Um so I
[45:54] don't know what is going on. I don't
[45:56] know if you were able to find out where
[45:58] they were from. Several uh neighbors
[46:01] said, "Oh yes, they are usually running
[46:03] and it's on Damon. I don't know where
[46:05] they belong to. Certainly don't want to
[46:08] find them on my face again. So I don't
[46:10] know what to do about it. Can you guide
[46:13] me on
[46:14] >> Call the police."
[46:15] >> Well, I did. I I did, but you know, just
[46:18] they were running around,
[46:19] >> right?
[46:20] >> Yeah.
[46:21] I mean, just we encourage anybody
[46:23] to call us to see a dog running loose. I
[46:25] mean, we can't have dogs running loose
[46:28] and and call us. And I mean, that's our job. And I'll talk about the
[46:32] second case here in a minute, but um
[46:34] call us. Let us find the owners of it.
[46:36] Sometimes we even if you call us and we
[46:38] capture them, we don't know who the
[46:39] owners are, but we take the necessary
[46:41] actions to take them. Uh Cincinnati Care
[46:44] will take them and we'll make sure they
[46:46] get back to the owners uh with a fine if
[46:49] it's sign do a citation. So, you talked
[46:52] to me about this meeting and I didn't
[46:53] know who those owners were before the
[46:55] meeting and I still don't know. But, uh,
[46:58] I'll certainly look into it and see if
[47:00] we can find out who they are, but um,
[47:02] it's just all comes down to being a
[47:05] responsible dog owner. I mean, we all
[47:07] love our dogs. I have two dogs. I love
[47:09] them. Um, but we just need to make sure
[47:12] that we maintain them the proper way.
[47:16] The second case was uh you might have
[47:18] heard about it, you might not have if
[47:20] you don't follow Facebook, but that was
[47:22] a case where we got called early morning
[47:24] hours on Beckford, forget the date, last
[47:28] week sometime. Um referenced a large dog
[47:31] acting aggressive to the residents
[47:33] around Beckford. So we responded there.
[47:36] Sergeant Hullbrook in the park district
[47:38] attempted to catch the dog. A large dog.
[47:41] I don't even know what make model not
[47:46] make but you know [laughter]
[47:47] >> breed I was gonna say brand but breed
[47:50] >> breed
[47:51] >> um you know all what we know is when
[47:53] Sergeant Hallbrook and the and the park
[47:55] rangers who said they've seen that dog
[47:57] in the park before being aggressive
[47:59] towards people uh tried to capture with
[48:02] the a bite pole and everything else uh
[48:04] attacked the bite pole was unable to
[48:07] secure him and he ran off into the woods
[48:10] back into the park district behind
[48:11] Beckford. Um, we got a call from the
[48:14] same homeowner later that evening
[48:16] referenced the same dog on her porch
[48:19] acting aggressive, basically holding her
[48:21] kidnapp in the house. She could not come
[48:23] out. She made the phone call to the
[48:25] police department. Uh, the officer
[48:27] responded. [clears throat] Uh, when the
[48:29] officer arrived, um, he was standing on
[48:32] the driveway, two parked cars in the
[48:34] driveway, standing on the driveway,
[48:35] talking to the homeowner through the
[48:37] window, saying, "He won't let me out.
[48:39] He's very aggressive. He's terrorizing
[48:41] everybody.
[48:43] Um, at this time the officer could see
[48:45] the dog over in between her house and
[48:48] the next house. Uh, at that time the dog
[48:50] could have easily charged I think our
[48:52] officer at that time if he was being
[48:55] vicious, but he didn't. Uh, he walked,
[48:58] ran, walked around the back of the
[49:00] house, came on the side of the opposite
[49:03] side of the driveway that the officer
[49:05] was standing on. Keep in mind, two
[49:07] parked cars are right here. And that dog
[49:09] went in between the two parked cars very
[49:12] quietly and the officer didn't know he
[49:13] was there and then just darted out
[49:15] straight towards the officer. So the
[49:17] officer in defense of himself from being
[49:20] harmed himself fired one round. Um the
[49:22] dog was hit and scured off. Uh the dog
[49:26] ended up being tracked over to Beam
[49:29] Bayham uh to a residence over by Beham
[49:33] where there was an eight-month uh lady
[49:35] that was pregnant. eight months that the
[49:38] dog was aggressive towards. Uh her
[49:41] husband had a firearm on him, threatened
[49:43] him, and he scured off. Um he was kind
[49:46] of lethargic anyway from probably being
[49:48] hit from our officer. Um scured off and
[49:52] went into a breezeway, attached porch
[49:54] kind of a residence. Uh went in there.
[49:58] Uh you could tell from looking in there
[49:59] that he was unfortunately bleeding out.
[50:02] Um, two
[50:04] dog uh wardens went to attempt to secure
[50:08] the dog. The dog still had a little
[50:10] fight in them going after the dog
[50:12] wardens. They tased him. Each one of
[50:13] them tased him. And then by the time
[50:15] they could get him out to their car, he
[50:17] had been deceased. So
[50:21] um
[50:22] thankfully nobody was hurt. Apparently
[50:24] this dog has been kind of a terror uh in
[50:27] the in the area uh for the park district
[50:30] and for us that day. And we received
[50:33] another call, I believe, on another day
[50:34] about the same dog and we're unable to
[50:36] catch it. Um, long story short, found
[50:40] out the homeowner was from Columbus,
[50:41] Ohio. Uh, the dog either was stolen or
[50:46] got loose in January of 2024.
[50:50] >> Wow. So that dog has been on the run or
[50:54] with somebody and let go eventually uh
[50:57] from Columbus Franklin County since uh
[51:00] over two and a half years. So at that
[51:03] time naturally if you if you look at her
[51:05] pictures the dog was beautiful. I'm sure
[51:07] it was a fun family pet. Um and
[51:11] unfortunately looking at the dog the day
[51:13] we had contact with him uh he'd been out
[51:16] there surviving I would say u mang and
[51:21] just could tell wasn't somebody that had
[51:23] been cared somebody had been caring for
[51:26] this dog. So out there fending for
[51:28] himself probably the last couple years
[51:30] maybe rabies uh bringing on the
[51:32] temperament that he had and stuff. So, I
[51:35] just wanted to get that out there to
[51:37] express those two that we had in
[51:38] reference dogs. And uh if you have any
[51:41] questions on those two incidents, I'd be
[51:42] glad to answer anything I can.
[51:47] Uh just a quick snapshot from July, we
[51:50] handled 177 [clears throat] calls for
[51:52] service. Anything from the typical
[51:55] things, the squad runs, we assisted on
[51:57] fire and squad runs 40 times between the
[51:59] two of them. uh assisted our local
[52:02] agencies to the north and south of us 11
[52:04] times. A lot of parking complaints uh 29
[52:09] parking complaints. A lot of those stem
[52:11] from the from the U shopping center and
[52:13] people pulling in the wrong way. Make
[52:15] sure you pull in the correct way. Back
[52:17] out the correct way uh and follow the
[52:20] directional arrows. We did make uh six
[52:23] total arrests during the month of July.
[52:25] Three of them were warrant citation
[52:27] arrest. Three of them were criminal
[52:28] offense arrest. Two of the three were
[52:30] domestic violence arrests and one was a
[52:33] operating vehicle under the influence of
[52:35] alcohol and/or drugs. We issued 25
[52:38] traffic citations. We issued 25 traffic
[52:41] warnings for a total of 75 uh total
[52:44] traffic stops resulting some forcement
[52:47] action. took two auto accident reports
[52:50] and so far this year 2026 to date
[52:54] through July we've taken 66 criminal
[52:57] offense reports and same time frame last
[53:00] year through July we've took 106. So
[53:04] we're down quite a bit on our criminal
[53:06] offense reports. So that's all I have
[53:08] unless you have any questions.
[53:11] >> All right. Thank you, Chief.
[53:13] >> Thank you.
[53:14] >> All right. Mayor's report. I've got uh
[53:19] court receipts, checks,
[53:22] ending bank balance, $53,612.80,
[53:26] checks to be issued state to the state
[53:28] of Ohio, $450,
[53:31] Hamilton County, $18, and the village of
[53:33] Green Hills, $2,264.
[53:37] And um I I too would like to compliment the
[53:43] work the fire department did, the police
[53:45] department, especially the service
[53:47] department. Uh we haven't had a storm
[53:50] that I can recall probably since 2008 or
[53:54] something like that that caused as much
[53:56] tree damage in the community as this
[53:59] storm has. And uh um I think the one on
[54:04] the 11th, I forget. I remember my the
[54:06] first one big one that came through uh
[54:09] was there was more damage on the east
[54:11] side of town u especially in Mon'nique's
[54:15] area Sharon Road it kind of was a path
[54:18] you could follow from Forest Park down
[54:20] through that area Japanica and then into
[54:24] the county park uh there was just a
[54:27] number of trees all down in various
[54:29] directions from that storm
[54:33] that's all I have u moving on to
[54:39] reports of committees finance and audit.
[54:41] Uh anybody filling for
[54:44] >> yes
[54:45] >> Courtney?
[54:46] >> Um so for July 2026 income taxes are up
[54:50] from last July by 11.61%.
[54:54] >> Real estate tax numbers for the second
[54:56] half will not be finalized until
[54:58] September. The first half taxes show an
[55:01] increase from last year in the amount of
[55:04] 5.72%.
[55:06] Um, as of the end of July 2026, the
[55:09] village has um expended 36.88% of its
[55:13] budget versus last year we were at
[55:16] 32.5%.
[55:18] As more of our 2026 projects become
[55:20] complete and paid, those numbers will
[55:22] change upward. Um, and tonight with Greg
[55:25] being out, I'm going to be reading a
[55:26] resolution for making supplemental
[55:28] appropriations and transfers. Um, and I
[55:31] should have written this down. Deb sent
[55:33] me an email with a little recap of that.
[55:36] Um, those changes represent additional
[55:38] unbudgeted expenses that are up and
[55:40] coming or in progress that were not
[55:42] known and therefore not budgeted last
[55:44] November when the 2026 budget was
[55:46] created. So, um, emergency malloise
[55:49] repairs, worn out equipment, etc. Just
[55:51] the normal. Um, and that's all I have
[55:53] for finance.
[55:55] >> Okay. All right. Up next for service and
[55:58] streets.
[55:58] >> Also me. This one's a little shorter.
[56:01] Um, so our quarter 3 meeting is
[56:03] scheduled for August 31st at 10:30 a.m.
[56:06] We currently have a very full agenda. So
[56:09] this should be a productive meeting. I
[56:12] will have the official agenda prepared
[56:14] by the end of this week um to allow prep
[56:16] time um so that we can look over it um
[56:18] or so you can look over it. But if
[56:20] anybody else wants access to that
[56:21] agenda, just let me know and I can send
[56:23] it out. And that is everything I think.
[56:27] >> Yes.
[56:27] >> Okay. All right. Recreation cable
[56:29] television.
[56:31] >> I don't have anything on that. Um well,
[56:33] I could cover both of them at the same
[56:35] time.
[56:35] >> Right. And safety.
[56:36] >> Yeah. We we were scheduled to have our
[56:38] meeting and then the power and sirens
[56:41] went off and uh we had been here for the
[56:43] we thrive meeting which uh is got a lot
[56:46] of good information uh during that but I
[56:49] need to meet with Rachel and reschedu
[56:51] that time. Um I did have one question uh
[56:53] with the generator because I think there
[56:55] was a hiccup with the backup power
[56:57] coming on here. Did that get resolved?
[57:00] Okay, good. That concludes my semi-
[57:04] report.
[57:06] All righty. Okay. Um, community
[57:09] development, Tim Bronner.
[57:11] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, we did not
[57:13] meet last week as scheduled because of
[57:15] the uh because of the storm. So, we are
[57:18] going to work on getting this
[57:20] rescheduled here in the upcoming weeks.
[57:22] So, we'll get a date set here.
[57:25] >> Intergovernmental Affairs. Same thing.
[57:27] >> The same thing. Um, you asked me about
[57:30] uh September 1st is a Tuesday.
[57:34] I can't do that, but I can do it on a
[57:37] Wednesday if that's okay. Just check it
[57:39] out on the 2nd. I can do that uh on the
[57:43] uh late afternoon.
[57:46] >> We keep having storms. We'll have to not
[57:47] group them all in the same day,
[57:49] >> right? [laughter]
[57:53] And u [clears throat]
[57:55] um you know maybe a lot of people in
[57:57] town didn't realize how long the people
[58:01] on the east side of
[58:03] >> of town were without electric. So I
[58:05] think it was two and a half days.
[58:07] >> Two and a half cooling days
[58:09] >> and [laughter] Right. Yes. Some of our
[58:12] people were without electric. Um, so I
[58:15] think it was 296
[58:18] homes were down and with some people,
[58:23] you know, their neighbor next door had
[58:26] electric
[58:27] >> and everybody that way had electric and
[58:29] everybody this way didn't have electric.
[58:31] >> Wow. Uh, so it was funny how the system
[58:35] worked, but it was caused by uh tree
[58:38] limbs down and taking out a line and it
[58:42] took them a while to get in and fix it,
[58:44] but they finally got there.
[58:46] >> Mayor, I had a friend actually 23 trees
[58:49] down on this property, not all woods or
[58:52] anything.
[58:53] >> Wow.
[58:53] >> But, uh, didn't hit the structure, so
[58:55] insurance won't cover anything. And his
[58:57] first bid was over $100,000.
[58:59] >> Wow. Wow.
[59:02] Yeah.
[59:03] >> Yeah. I hate to think what our tree
[59:05] removal bill is going to be.
[59:07] >> Yes. Yeah. It's going to be big
[59:09] >> here, too.
[59:09] >> We don't even have a total count yet of
[59:11] all the trees.
[59:13] >> Yeah.
[59:13] >> I noticed there's a quite large one
[59:15] behind the community building that's
[59:17] down.
[59:19] >> Yeah.
[59:19] >> There was a big one on Damon by the Loy
[59:21] Center. Oh,
[59:22] >> yeah.
[59:25] >> All right. We have no unfinished
[59:27] business. New business resolution number
[59:29] 2026-R15-SNS
[59:32] authorizing assessments on certain
[59:34] properties in the village of Green
[59:35] Hills. Courtney,
[59:38] sorry, making my way there. Okay. All
[59:41] right. Resolution number 2026 R15,
[59:44] streets and services resolution
[59:46] authorizing assessments on certain
[59:48] properties in the village of Green
[59:50] Hills. Whereas the village has given
[59:52] proper notice to the owners of certain
[59:54] real property and the village of Green
[59:56] Hills regarding the removal of
[59:57] vegetation, reviews, garbage and or
[1:00:00] debris from the properties listed below.
[1:00:02] And whereas the owners of said
[1:00:04] properties did not take action to remedy
[1:00:06] the resolutions,
[1:00:08] remedy the violations and therefore the
[1:00:11] village of Green Hills contracted to
[1:00:13] remove vegetation, refuse garbage and/or
[1:00:16] debris and now seeks to collect set
[1:00:18] expenses by authorizing the placement of
[1:00:20] a lean upon the lands and collected on
[1:00:22] their taxes.
[1:00:24] Now therefore, be it resolved by the
[1:00:26] village of Green Hills, O by the council
[1:00:28] of the village of Green Hills, Ohio,
[1:00:30] section one, that the village hereby
[1:00:33] certifies the cost of such labor
[1:00:35] together with the expenses relative
[1:00:37] there to be filed on the return and
[1:00:39] statement to the Hamilton County
[1:00:41] Commissioners as an assessment against
[1:00:44] the properties listed and placed as a
[1:00:46] lean against the properties by the
[1:00:47] auditor of Hamilton County, Ohio, as
[1:00:50] follows. Parcel number
[1:00:52] 597-000010-000030-
[1:00:57] 0. Address 385 Ingram Road. O owner is
[1:01:02] Robert Con. Cost is $320.91.
[1:01:06] That was the only property. Section two,
[1:01:09] the amounts collected as a result of
[1:01:11] this resolution shall be placed into the
[1:01:13] general fund of the village of Green
[1:01:15] Hills. Section three. This resolution
[1:01:18] shall be effective immediately upon its
[1:01:20] passage passed this 18th day of August
[1:01:24] 2026. I move to pass this.
[1:01:27] >> Second.
[1:01:28] >> Okay. Moved and seconded. Any comments.
[1:01:32] All right. Clerk will pull the council.
[1:01:36] >> Uh favor.
[1:01:38] >> I.
[1:01:40] >> Borner.
[1:01:40] >> I.
[1:01:42] >> Walter.
[1:01:42] >> I.
[1:01:44] >> Halter.
[1:01:44] >> Hi.
[1:01:46] Okay, resolution passes.
[1:01:49] Uh 2026-R15-
[1:01:52] SNS. Next resolution number 2026-R16-F
[1:01:58] amending the 2026 annual appropriations
[1:02:02] according. Resolution number 2026-R16-F
[1:02:07] resolution making supplemental
[1:02:08] appropriations and transfers. Whereas
[1:02:10] the 2026 annual appropriations that were
[1:02:14] adopted on December 16th, 2025 are to be
[1:02:17] amended and whereas the appropriations
[1:02:19] must not exceed total available
[1:02:21] resources of the village per Ohio
[1:02:23] Revised Code section 5705 spot 36A5.
[1:02:29] Therefore, an amendment, an amended
[1:02:31] certificate of estimated resources has
[1:02:33] been requested from the county budget
[1:02:35] commission. Now, therefore, be it
[1:02:37] resolved by the council of the village
[1:02:39] of Green Hills, Ohio, section one. Since
[1:02:42] certain actions are needed in the monies
[1:02:44] [snorts] appropriated so to permit the
[1:02:46] village of Green Hills to meet its
[1:02:48] fiscal obligations for the year 2026,
[1:02:51] the following items of expenditure are
[1:02:53] to supplement the appropriations for
[1:02:55] expenditure for the year 2026.
[1:02:59] GF street lighting 1000 spot13
[1:03:03] appropriation is 45,000 change is 30,000
[1:03:06] total 75,000 [snorts]
[1:03:08] GF community planning 1000 spot 41
[1:03:12] appropriation is 43,000 change 10.4,000
[1:03:15] 4,000 total is 53,400
[1:03:19] GF lands and buildings 1,00 spot 73
[1:03:23] appropriation is 910,000 change is
[1:03:26] 182,000 total is 1,92,000
[1:03:30] GF capital 1 spy 8 appropriation is
[1:03:33] 459,000
[1:03:35] change is 35,000 total is 494,000
[1:03:40] streets 2011 appropriation is 472,000
[1:03:44] Change 25,000 total 497,000.
[1:03:48] Recreation at 2041 appropriation 72,000
[1:03:52] change 25,000 total 97,000 non-voted
[1:03:57] debt service 3901 appropriation is
[1:03:59] 82,000 change 7,900 total 89,900.
[1:04:05] Section two, that the following
[1:04:08] transfers of funds be made from
[1:04:09] previously appropriated monies.
[1:04:16] I don't know what I'm supposed to read
[1:04:16] for that part.
[1:04:18] >> Oh, okay. First, [laughter]
[1:04:20] >> um,
[1:04:21] >> section three. Um, this resolution shall
[1:04:23] take effect and be in full force from
[1:04:25] and after the earliest date allowed by
[1:04:27] law. And I make a motion to pass this.
[1:04:30] >> I second it.
[1:04:32] >> Been moved and seconded. Any comments?
[1:04:36] questions. Okay,
[1:04:38] >> pull the account
[1:04:38] >> about the street lighting. What was
[1:04:41] >> um going?
[1:04:42] >> Well, first our costs went up a little
[1:04:44] bit, but I think a bigger piece of that
[1:04:46] is a um pole that we had fixed from
[1:04:49] actually an accident that goes back to
[1:04:51] January
[1:04:52] um at the parks and unfortunately they
[1:04:56] don't have insurance. So, we are putting
[1:04:57] that bill. Okay.
[1:04:59] >> Thank you.
[1:05:01] >> Okay. Clerk pull the council. Okay.
[1:05:04] Halter
[1:05:05] >> I
[1:05:07] >> favor
[1:05:08] >> I
[1:05:09] >> Borner
[1:05:10] >> I
[1:05:11] >> Walter
[1:05:12] >> I
[1:05:14] >> Okay, resolution
[1:05:16] uh 2026-R16-F
[1:05:19] passes.
[1:05:21] Council members have any comments they
[1:05:23] want to make before we do the municipal
[1:05:26] calendar?
[1:05:28] [cough]
[1:05:32] anything for the calendar or we're still
[1:05:34] we have Courtney's meeting.
[1:05:37] >> Yes. 8:31 at 10:30 for streets and
[1:05:39] services. Um and then also this Friday
[1:05:42] um the 21st at
[1:05:45] 6:00. Um we have our community yoga on
[1:05:48] the commons. Um and I think that that's
[1:05:50] all I got. And the public hearing is the
[1:05:55] public hearing is at
[1:05:56] >> September 28th
[1:05:57] >> 28th 6 o'clock
[1:06:00] >> planning commission.
[1:06:00] >> Yeah. [clears throat]
[1:06:02] >> And we have a park talk this Thursday at
[1:06:04] 6. Um I also mentioned that we have one
[1:06:07] on September 3rd at um I think we had to
[1:06:11] reschedule the uh we have for a storm.
[1:06:14] Imagine that.
[1:06:15] >> Yeah. Um
[1:06:17] on the September 3rd we have for the
[1:06:20] park talk Jessica Miranda. So I I do
[1:06:23] hope people take advantage of that. We
[1:06:24] don't often have a chance to
[1:06:27] have a top dog from a department like
[1:06:29] that and property taxes are important
[1:06:31] [cough and clears throat] to everybody.
[1:06:32] So um
[1:06:36] >> so I would just like to say I think
[1:06:38] community development and laws and rules
[1:06:40] could meet on September 2nd
[1:06:42] >> on the second um at 5:30. Is that okay?
[1:06:46] >> Okay.
[1:06:50] >> So, 5:30 and 6.
[1:06:51] >> Yeah.
[1:06:52] >> Yes.
[1:06:52] >> Okay.
[1:06:59] » Mayor, can I add one thing?
[1:07:01] >> Mhm.
[1:07:01] >> I meant to mention when I mentioned the
[1:07:03] newsletter, um I think a lot of
[1:07:07] information goes out in my newsletter
[1:07:09] every month that I would like more
[1:07:11] people to receive. I think right now I
[1:07:12] have about 200 on the list that get it.
[1:07:14] So if anybody doesn't get it that's
[1:07:16] listening and they would like to get it,
[1:07:18] uh, I send it out through an email
[1:07:20] towards the end of the month, uh, you
[1:07:22] simply send me an email, chief
[1:07:24] greenhillspd.org.
[1:07:25] That's chief greenhillpd.org and I'll
[1:07:28] get you on the list so they get it.
[1:07:30] >> And I know you put your you did a thing
[1:07:33] on ebikes,
[1:07:34] >> correct?
[1:07:34] >> And so that's worth mentioning, too,
[1:07:38] because I I see a lot of questions and
[1:07:39] get a lot of questions about that.
[1:07:41] Correct.
[1:07:42] >> Done a really good summary of
[1:07:46] >> different kinds and what they do and
[1:07:48] shouldn't do. So, thank you for doing
[1:07:50] that. You're welcome. Yeah, we'll try to
[1:07:51] promote that a little bit more.
[1:07:53] >> And it's it's org for now.
[1:07:55] >> For now, it's or
[1:07:58] >> All right, that's it. Meeting a journ.
[1:08:01] Thank you.